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Vitisma diffusa

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Taxonomy
Vitisma diffusa was named by Vršanský (2003). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/195, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 35), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Vitisma diffusa Vršanský p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderAlienoptera
familyUmenocoleidae
subfamilyVitisminae
genusVitisma
speciesdiffusa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Vitisma diffusa Vršanský 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinf
Form: inflated sheetf
Ontogeny: moltingf
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2013-02-02 05:47:31
Modified: 2013-02-01 12:47:31
Source: f = family
Reference: Vršanský 2003

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Vitisma diffusa (113356 type locality: 113359 121714)